Time to gush. Levar Burton to me as Geordi LaForge was a hero to me as a child. As a white dude, it never occurred to me Geordi was black, he’s a guy, he’s super smart, he’s cool, and someday you just knew that guy was gonna be an awesome captain. Levar Burton is why I wanted to work with technology, Geordi is who I pictured myself as when I was a kid tearing apart, or fixing(much less fixing and mostly breaking back then, but that’s how it starts). Levar Burton is almost solely responsible for my initial wonder at science. He stands easily shoulder to shoulder with Mr Rogers.
Time to gush. Levar Burton to me as Geordi LaForge was a hero to me as a child. As a white dude, it never occurred to me Geordi was black, he’s a guy, he’s super smart, he’s cool, and someday you just knew that guy was gonna be an awesome captain. Levar Burton is why I wanted to work with technology, Geordi is who I pictured myself as when I was a kid tearing apart, or fixing(much less fixing and mostly breaking back then, but that’s how it starts). Levar Burton is almost solely responsible for my initial wonder at science. He stands easily shoulder to shoulder with Mr Rogers.
His performance as Geordi is in large part what started me on the path to becoming a professional engineer
Same. Geordi was quite an influence on me too.